Case Study: Ctac achieves agile, cost-efficient protection of clients' hybrid infrastructures with Palo Alto Networks ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewalls

Protecting Europe’s Managed Services with AI-Driven Network Security

Ctac, a fast-growing Dutch business and cloud integration specialist, was securing dozens of clients’ critical data and applications with an outmoded, port-based stateful firewall that couldn’t stop increasingly sophisticated, evasive threats or support hybrid cloud deployments. As client demand and complexity grew, Ctac needed dynamic, automated security policies, consistent protection across locations, per-customer isolation, and a cost-effective, scalable solution.

Ctac standardized on Palo Alto Networks’ ML‑Powered PA- and VM‑Series Next‑Generation Firewalls with Cloud Delivered Security Subscriptions and Panorama, using a VM‑Series ELA to deploy per-customer HA clusters in private and public clouds. The solution delivered application‑based, ML-driven threat prevention, URL filtering, WildFire analysis and centralized management, resulting in stronger isolation, fewer incidents, simplified licensing and faster configuration rollouts, improved SOC visibility, and lower operational cost.

Ctac

Erwin van Beinum

Director Cybersecurity